Father Abraham

Words & Music:

Traditional

 

C  G7  C                                               G7

Father Abraham, had seven sons.  Seven sons had Father Abraham.

         G7                                                             C

And they never laughed, and they never cried.  All they did was go like this:

[n.c.]

With a left! (punch left fist into air)  With a left!

(Now, move your left fist up and down in time to the music.)

 

Father Abraham, had seven sons.  Seven sons had Father Abraham.

And they never laughed, and they never cried.  All they did was go like this:

With a left!  (punch left fist into air)  With a left!

And a right!  (punch right fist into air)  And a right!

(Now, move both fists up and down in time to the music.)

 

Father Abraham, had seven sons.  Seven sons had Father Abraham.

And they never laughed, and they never cried.  All they did was go like this:

With a left!  (punch left fist into air)  With a left!

And a right!  (punch right fist into air)  And a right!

And a left!  (move left leg)  And a left!

(Now, move both fists up and down, AND move left leg in time to the music.)

 

Father Abraham, had seven sons.  Seven sons had Father Abraham.

And they never laughed, and they never cried.  All they did was go like this:

With a left!  (punch left fist into air)  With a left!

And a right!  (punch right fist into air)  And a right!

And a left!  (move left leg)  And a left!

And a right!  (move right leg)  And a right!

(Now, move both fists up and down, AND move both legs in time to the music.)

 

Father Abraham, had seven sons.  Seven sons had Father Abraham.

And they never laughed, and they never cried.  All they did was go like this:

With a left!  (punch left fist into air)  With a left!

And a right!  (punch right fist into air)  And a right!

And a left!  (move left leg)  And a left!

And a right!  (move right leg)  And a right!

And the head!  (shake head)  And the head!

(Move both fists up and down, both legs, AND your head in time to the music.)

 

Father Abraham, had seven sons.  Seven sons had Father Abraham.

And they never laughed, and they never cried.  All they did was go like this:

With a left!  (punch left fist into air)  With a left!

And a right!  (punch right fist into air)  And a right!

And a left!  (move left leg)  And a left!

And a right!  (move right leg)  And a right!

And the head!  (shake head)  And the head!

And the body!  (shake body)  And the body!

(Move everything in time to the music.)